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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1864-08-09

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TERMS OF T2AN6IENT ADVERTISING. '. 1 " On pur f 10 llnrt, (Sua Intortlon, ft 09 vOt lqurt nrh iul)Urli Inurlloa , i . Onunc 3 inoatha, I 0 - Oaa Koara g montlm. S 00 'Out iquara 12 aionlhi, . IN ..Twoaqiuraa tuioothi!... 100 Two niaarea 0 mnnthi, ...J..'. ; tl 0d Two aquarai 12 mootha.. 12 01) t i AdTartiaaiuant ovar two aqaarea to be aoatrattcd tut and oald accordingly, or charged at adra rtialog ratta. ' .. . . LEGAL ADvlcnTISEiIENT3 ' - -" - Tlrtlniertrin 10 llnei.,.'., ........... , $1 00 s Kacb aubaeueot luMrtioD per iquara,. r ( 00 Jtttackmaut Kotlcai before Juatioee and proaf,... i 00 ''Adttiniitratori and Extcutora Notice....'....... S 00 ' Btnioeaa 6ardft; Dot ptcoadlnj a lioca pvr aouum, 6 00 , Kotlcnalu Local column 10 Hum or lea, 1 00 i'.' Noarrertleneiit takoo eicopVfor a opacified time. ' Dd no ipecial notice published in any caw, an)M paid for, at the rate of fl 00 for every tea Unea, fadepen. .'.dent of the adeortliaiuent referred to. No adrertlaing Uohe for Advortifiog Agenta except fnrcaab and prompt . W- , . . (Original actry. For the Kepubliean, DARKILS'j. ' ' " BI t'LOV. . ,, . . fhe night was durk, in vuia tie oye Alight look for aught but gloom; While a dreary looking couple otund Iu a large and darkened room. lie who wim ready to tie the holy knot, . 'Ji Stood solt-muly before them;. .' :. A , W hile tht'y like youthful criminals, i-rM ; " ,1 Bowed doirn their houda before him. ' Darkness was upon their faces, " And oili ull assepiMed there. i i' , To witness the solemn linking; ,,,, Of that dark auri sombre pair. ' -i .v.'. i , There came do fitful changes, . .vr,! Of lilly then -.of rose; , i ... As that bride pronounced the 0Ws, . "' ' That bound her through life's woe. ' -t Ahl joyful should ever be, . 'I his biiidiusc hearts tiigothcr 'With bends that lust as long as life; , """ U'hicb death alone cau sever. . . . ' "1 M ' ' '' IJiit darkuess posessfd the bride, I'ho prt'acht'r and the groom, !. IWuili'r, the mystery l'il explain, 'J lit.' all were darkies in the room, i ia'l i . For the Hepubiicau. 1 ' - .'"J ACltOSItt'. - " j .Ponld, modern mini, if pijsiug wine, OVrlook the fact that inets his even, ' ,'. X.'ying ell', his paitiul mind in store, . . : itlitiiiod' acknowledging that mora OofMot and worthy martfnl host, ' : v: Could uot be found at uny post, ' Or ever Lavs leit for teuted held, Or to their country's call did yield, 1 ,J Perforin their pnrt mure circuuixpect, ' . Kveu in nny, or in all respceisT . 'Rfacie.-, who is it thus we regard? , v.Oii'ib's iuvicciblH Natiouul Guard, Numbered by thousands, who to the call 'J'1 did runli, y : .-, Gave liy tl.cir Cominiinder, Gov. Br ngh. Fi I 'Prwn, Fa.'-' ' ' .' B. L. n$' TZEW e0VERX.HE.M 4 LOAN, Soervlarr' .Fc-uendint'-v itppeal to 5 , . , People. . (lie ', Accompanying Secretary F essenden'a announcement ol :the new loan, whioh ,we hitve already' published, in an Appeal to the people of the United Ctates. It savs: Y.Th-;' circumstances under whicli this loan is asked for, nnd your aid invoked, ' though differing widely fro i the xiBtin state of affairs 3 years ago, are euch a afford equal encouragement iqd seourity. Time, while proviBg that the struggle For national unity was to exceod in du-ration and severity our worst aotimpa , tioop, hax tested the national utreogth and national resources to an extent alike nnexpeoted and remarkable,' exciting equal astonishment at home and abroad. Three years of war hare burdened you ' with a debt which but three years Bine I would have seemed beyond your ability ,' fo ' meet. ' Yet the accumulated, wealth J'tnd productiva energies of thg nation hab proved to be so, vast that It has ' been borne with comparative ease, and ' s feaceful future would hardly feel its weight, as a price paid! for national existence and the preservation of free insti-.' tutioni. It does not deserve a moment's j consideration.' ' . ', ,' Thu4 far the war has' be'on' snpporteo! nd carried on as If only ' could have en by a pebpla resolved, at- whatever a 1 ' oi oiooa vand -twanre.-' to transmit M0ipwred to, posterity Una gyt&Wr.fiffout hei aT patriurtp people,. the urn " ftee GovernDieur'Urin'aW'.'j islJ. of'U.e Government is powtrlexs .for thil t9 great men who framed it.. .This - t -e, ... eBberate. and patriqtio resolve , has' de- vlod a power surprising even to the Ji vjl . It has shown that in l&fs thatg a-ntilry''a'nation has arising unsurpassed; . la vfgor.ani exatiatles in sesoufaee, bJ' to oonduct, throuah a series of years, war 'od iU roost Kigantto scale, and finding lt u.e)f,when near its close, almost unimpair-J rl in all the lnatenal elements of po,.' "It hnV at the present moment, great armies Ihni finldi'fac'iitg' ari'eneruy apparently1 Approaching a period of utter exhaustion -a., 1 1 -. i ' ntt.- AliX-'J Jklbltr-,0'',. cut Mill struggling With a force the, great iL .i t'l add fatal ciiuHuiiimutioii.-, Sued, irt ni doliberate judgment, is the prasent eon dition of the 'rcat content for civil li! tily in which you ure now ena.geA. ' Up to the present mouiout you have readily and cheerfully afforded the means necesi sary to support your Government in this struggle.' It is your war. You proclaimi ed it and you have sustained it against traitors everywhere, with patriotio devotion unsurpassed in tho, world's history. The securities offered are such as should command your ready comfldence. 'Much effort has been made to shale public faith iu our nationa1 credit, both at home and abroad. iAs yet we have roived no foreign tid. " : J ' ' Calm ind self-reliapt, purwwn means thus far have proved .adequate, to. oar wants. ' They are yet ample to meet those of the present and future. It ftill1 remains for a patriotic people to' furnish the needful , bujiply, The brave men who are fighting our battles by land ami by sea, must be fed and clothed. Munitions of war of all kinds must be furnished, or the war must end in defeat and disgrace. This is pot tho time for any lover of his country to enquire as to be state of the money market, or nsk whether he can so invest his surplus capital as to yield him a larger return Nq return and no profit can be desirable if followed by national disgrace. ., l'rescn profit thus aoquircd is but the precursor of future and speedy destrue tkn. ' No investment can be so surely profitable as that whicu tends to innure the national cxistenco. I am encouraged in the belief that by the recent legislation of Congress, our finances may' soon be llaoed upnn a sounder ana more ntable footing. ' The present deranged condition of the currency Js imputable in a great depree to the disturbances arising from the withdrawal of necessary checks often inevitable in time of war, when the ex penditures must largely exceed any pot: si bit: supply ot coin. , y-i i The opportunities thus presented to acquire sudden wealth have led to viciou? speculation, a ooisequent increase ol prices','7 and' violent'' flnetuatiiin.' ' The rsinedy is to be ftiund only iu controlilsg the necessity which1 begets the evil HitberW, we have felt the need of more extensive and vigorous taxation:1-' t-'evere C' in merit has be.m made npoir what seem e l to many timidity and ' tardiness of acton on the part of Congsess in this re- g-ird. I deem it; but just to say that very great misapprehension has exhistcd, and perhaps still exists on this point.' 1 Legislator?, like all others, have much to learn iu a new condition of affairs. An entirely new system wastoba deviled aud that system must necessarily ' be tin-growth of time' and' ' experience. ' It is not strange that th first effort should have proven iuiport'ect aud inadequate To lay heavy burdens on a great and put riotie people iu buuh a maimer as to be equal aud so as to occasion ' tho least amount of suffering or annoy ince require time and cautiou, uud vast labor; aud Willi all these experience is needful to test tin-value of the pystrtn arid correct its errors. , Such has, been the work that Congas was called upon to perform. I aniliapp) to say that daily results are proving the Internal Revenue act to exceed in efficiency the most s&nguiub expectations uf its authors. For the month of June, 1803, it yielded about S4,50O.OOO, while the corresponding month of this year re turned about 816. 000,000 under the sunif law, whioh went into operation on -the hrst day of the prcseut month, thoTreas ury frequoutly receives $1.0l)u,000 iu a sinlo dy. , ' As time and expericnoe enable the officers employed in collecting the rove oue. to enforce the strength of the pn; visions ot ihe new Jaw.-. I trust that a milliou per day will be found the ru'- and not the exoeption. ! Still,much sp e is undoubtly left foi improvement in ih. law and in iUadministra'.jon, As a great amount of necessary jnforniation is aor quired, the proper' sources of revenue and the most effective niodo ' 'of ' obtaining it are best developed id 'the execution of the existing lan),; and i have caused meahuros to be initiated whiob will, it is believed, enable Congress so to improve and enlarge the system as, when taken in connecticn with the revonue from cus toms and other sources, to afford an ample anu seoure basis for the national credr ' 6nly pn such a oasis and on a steady and vignrons restraint upon the currency, can a remedy be found for existing evils Such restraint can only be exercised when the vovtrotn-jut is! furnish with mean.- to provjde for. f ts eeesfiitiea, , JJut wilb- or any other, desiraMend.,, Tbi deuom-inatfoq' o't the notes, proposed to ba issued ranging irom 9Jttaoo,Ul'U, place thes e irom SJtto 8o,Ul'U,. place these Wwjthirjjlfcach bt all who are !d,fy4th9i?ountry. ' ' " ; "', 1 their redemplio tho'. -faith, ' and tfv'yunueiu dlpprtsed ,f 'For their honor: and property of that coiintrv ' are solemnly pledged."" successful issue to this contest.'now believeil t) be near at hand, will largely enhance their value to tbrVioldcri!, land pe:(ce once ' restored.' nil Lbur.len oah he l'!;ht,1y boiriie.'' ' ile who nVJ3-hlyV.w;thbolds fiis iiid in the hope of turn'figbls kfailaltle; hieijiis to .'greater ImMiediatrf pnifit, is speculating hpoii his eouuifj uusioriuiiBs, auu uny qua what serms'to be present kaiu leads to future 1o"fi'I PPlj ther.fore,'wilh ennfidence' MiHrarind'cPe..nd.inv, erUl,a wiiu U;.hir.,.c0u,!Uy -, . !. ; .t.v to a.'.vs' jn.a and Qi'eire for its glorious, fuiur-j, '...to ail the Ooverniucut iu sustaining t its credii aiid hlauing that credit upon a stable foundation. ' ' ' " "' ' ' '"" -M U :.'. Vfl P. FrtfiaENDTiN, '- j r. : Secretary of the Treasury. Army Correspondence, i 05(11 Ohio. Camp 65th, 0. V. I., rkven miles ) 1 f raoM Atlanta, July 19,- 1864. J Mr. Jacob Ssinu-l-Dea'r Sir: It is with feelings of cympathy and sorrow for those who most -likely these few lines will convey the sd -record1 of the last hours of a nnble son, an' affectionate broth; er, a" true friend, and a brave soldier.- Aud yet it is a pleasure to me to have tho privalege of Writing- that -while he gave his life a. sacrifice to a' noble cause Hnd fell, (though a young soldier,) setting a i examp'e worthy of the veteran's imita tioii, he uIku fell .'luvingon the christian's armor: thus being prepared for the better land. The G5th were deployed on the skirmish line for the purpose of carryin a strong position, takeu by the enemy. After tho rel els were routed from their position, the regiment advanced about half amile, when jt was discovered' that the enemy had taken u; a still stronger position . Iu order to dislodge thein a part otthe line were compelled to charge along a road and over a cleared Geld, (yiur sou's position was along the road; a distance of four or five bundrod yards When within two hundred yards cf the enemy, your son fell, shot through the right breast, the ball passing through the lower part of the right lung. I was with him a few moments after ;he fell, and suppoied , htin then- dyin..;; Il3,, was rational, and perfectly rosined to his fate A number of; his comrades, gatherod around him, to whom he said' boys.J bad hoped to live to see the stars and stripes wave triumphant, but God ordained it, otherwise and I boi ready to go..'., T knelt b hie bed side .and praved witb' him, and many were, his ha.ty 'amens.' He wished ma to say to you and his mother and s'wler, thut he would have liked lo have bien with you to die; "but say to tbeni! T hnve . done my duty,,and can go to TTenven just as well from the; swamps of Georgia, as any where. , After his wounds were dressed, he seemed ,to revive and was in less pain, but continued to bleed very badly from his wonndjs. j lie. talked to me much about his brother, said ho hoped soon to meef him in Glory. Hewaswounned about 11, A. M. Iwas with him , 'till 7,P. M., when all the wouiuled were ordered back to Mnri'tfa. He was very I9W when he loft, and the doctor in chargo, told mo ho could live but a few hour's, at most. I would gladly have gone back with him while be livnd, could I have done so. When bid him good by nnd asked him bow he felt, he could not ;fpcak above a whisper, I put my car te his lips and heard these word, 'i feel strong in Jesus.". ,,,, , 1 We all feel the loss. of one noble, brave, and good. His memory will, long live in our hearts, and his influence will tell for good in our lives, though he may sleep in the grave. Hoping my ear sir, that yourself and afflicted family may have much ,of the spirit of Christ to sustain ou in this, your hour of trial and bereavement, and that you may feel that 'lie hath done all things well," is the sincere prayer of jours most truly, ' 1 TnoMAH Powell. ' ,1' " t 'bapiain 65tb 0. V. I. , ' P. S. I have, in my possession, the hall that passed through your1 son and lodged in his knapsack. I will keep.it 'till directed by you what disposition to make of it. k " ' Newspaper Patronage. L' 9.1 : This called newspaper patronage is a curious tiling.11 It Is composed, .'of" as many colors as the rainbow, and changes able as a chameleon: Ooe' man'suhscrifies Ibr a newspaper and pays for it in advance:, ha goes home and rads it with the proud eatisfaotion tbat it is his own. " 1 l"ii'v i il ' ' ' He bands in aa-'idrVrtiseuenti' asks the prioei pays' for it.'j This is uewsnaper yatronugo. 1', von', t .i. -HFi'li ::i ' it Another , man ; say9,.iijilease pub my nnme on' your 'list of subscribers; and he jgoes iff without 5 hSuuh as riavrng said pay(6ri!jdl Tim' 'passes,' your ,pstienct isethaustod and yon dud him. He flies into a passlooj perhaps pssj perhaps not. Another iiiah has been stlbsoriber a long; timo.yIIe becoaies tired ot you wis; wants, q.citj papen , Tells : .the post master -.to dirooutioUe. and olio 'Of bis pnpiirs is 'rolnme l niarkeii refused.' Paying up'f 'ri. is one of the last; things tli.Ughti f beid-!-.,hi WHntV, piopey send to a city pnblisber.r , .,. ,it-. ! Altiir u time yrm look over filshBeonntj hri ev'e a bill 'balance dex " But' doJ Sf ' 'pay.iV'jt'fPj $i't'n '.We'jle.ivq jiiinV Ol " Wup-u i . ; atuwer, age. This 'too, ianewpaper pifto rj .TO.IJ..1 i-S ''An'othei1 m';in lives" njar -.jou nevef tookjoiiif paper it , is t( 0 small, dun'j liko tbeT; yditor .or Bomelb'ng : else yei goes regularly to his neighbor's reads his fiuJs fault with its contents, disputes' position, and with its types. Occasiouly sees un urticle.be likes, gives half a dime ttad bega a. number.; This too, is newspaper patronage. i" , ) - ....'. Ann her supports a fine liorsej' cr'per hapj a pair of (hem is always seen, with whip in hand and spur on, foot no use for bun ti get married doe? so a no tice of fact with a 'please send me a half dozeu copies. Tin's done ,does not, pay for noticf, or paper.- No,, 'But sure'you dou'i churge fowaui-h thiu;s!'( uThis, too, is newspaper pttfruege,:)a)ii,. ,.' ;' Auotbur man (blqsa you, , it does . us good to sea such wen;) jComos and says 'the year for which I uuid is about to ex-piro,l: want, to pay for auot'aer.' Ha does so aud retires. a-:, , - ', Header! Un't newspaper patonage a curious thing. And iu that great dayi when houest men get their reward due to ttieir, honesty, which, say you, of tliuse eouiueratetl ubuve, Will obtain tliat reward?. .-m ' Music at Home. : No family can afford to do without iiHisie. It is a luxury uul an eouomy an alleviator ot' sorrow, and a spring of ejij lyment; a protection against vice and an iiij'itenient to virtue. , When rightly ued, its efforts physical, intellectual and moral, are good... . 1 ,.j Make home attractive;, tntwi? affords a means of doing; this.j Cultivate kindly f'to.ing, love ' Music, will , help . in this work Keep nut angry feeling., 'Music hath eharma to sooth. tho sav ige breast.: Ti! econonncal.. ( lcasum, reaotion, all, must hav jj 'indj no pleasure costs less in propjiniiiti ti?ii wortlj th in. home music.. Make your sons nnd daUi;h'r3 thorohgli-lv understand music, for what is moro v-'ilii iblo? tfit your daughters to sunnort tlieuiuelvc In future, if need be. Thero has been ni time, in many ; years when a'n'y j'Wn'gl lady.' havihg sufficient Itnowl-c6Tjo td'teacli'nitrsic could not pleasantly cafn a respectable" su'pport 'fn" tnai way ''"But' some may say, 'I have no flif for mUsic", nor have any'' of" my ''family.' Probably not bhe'of yoti has1 evertricd it faithfully 'Pe'rh'apT yoii 1 isonsr had no natural '''car1' for" reading," or" your daughters natural hand's for writio1;; and certainly unless they1 had' learned- these things they would neverhavp been ac complished in.thcraj.jMjjMO doosin.leal 1 come more naturally fo most people than many.; other; accomplishments, that "are next to universal; yet it does not eome to all without much time spent in careful cultivation; ; ' 1 The one best means 'of infroduoing milsio to the 'family, and tridiicintr its cufia,Mirj U't to, pvpnure a good .ninsicn.) instrument, ..IOo110 of yonr dnJihtH or tons Can play at all, yet if they have at bsnd,"eome of tbem will learn. ' In almost every familv this will. b the case, liuy an lUHtruiuent and try the experiment; if it suocoeds only to a very small fxtent, the costs- willjbe repaid many fold. ' 1 '"! , v" " ' ' ' !i A Hebrew Wedding. , . The Rev. Mr. PniMBof the New York Observer gives the following description of a Hebrew wedding which he recently attended: ' "J, ' ';' ' : ; ' ' 1 If you have never visited a Jewish synpgague, yon would do well of a Saturj: Day to attend the worship.' "Tho gallery is set apart exclusively for the women, whd takd no part in the service. ' Under the gallery are pews facing' the centre of the house where is an'open are with a reading dtdk in the middle, and at the eastern end ti curtain hangs In front 'of a recess, the holy place, where the law n deposited. :n '.!..! .r.1- V o''"" " i! i ;. At, the o pointoJ honr tbe parties tri-vod. iThe britle and her attendant, took their seats at the east end of the court, and the man 'and his friends in' another place. ) The, Rabbi, Mr. 'Isaao, entered the desk and rubed himself there, h i end all. the men keeping their bats on during thei, entire 1 service m The Rabbi Jh commenced a cbsnth in' the' Hebrew tonguei'abd en. iw cooolos onlhe' rjn, .with, a j'rieud as witness, ttepped IntJtbe desk and signed the niarHage contiaoV j -, , A silk canopy was spread and support-edby four, posts!, a'yorjttg man and maiden at each post, and the-' bridal: party came And stood opposite each ' other unr der the canopy. The priest made to them an interesting and appropriate ad-retx. specially eonimortdipg totheyoinp liijin.ba bride; he had won , He ; had Ion known bor father, and the gre.it in? ijiisry and success with whioh be, bad pmgueil bis art, to support his family imij pMjjeiu. forsefulnesfi. IIe.,exhor-i Jjii' tJ ,be,kiqd,ndaitbfuj to ber as JongM be Eifdr ( TLqo ieoo p artjof the ! -, , t .5 j ti. it v;i u .r..k.' tv:iy duty oft mm iatcr (he taidmuro iuUr osuuk Baa ut'iigatiuJ iiitau tbm ot unit:- t II tf' m tl Vlrtfl l 1 a-ai m It ( litnn m ' t a Inn af- aa a.aau WUUU VI 141 aVIMIHfUl !)( lUIV a , y, . . (, . , . , . ,a. , .Vi'?'&.opie of the California :minera have o , ., , , ., . rVpneuf beds, in .thoir mines, to keen their of the Supreme, aud i t is al-o the 'mean of perpetuating our holy ieligionr SaWt tho exortation, he offered a prayer in the Hebrew,' and a .large silver Ijoblet of wine was held to the lips of the man and bo tastod it. and then to the lips of. the bride who did' tb same. : Another prayer and a glass of wine was tested by both, and the glass was laid upon the floor and crushed to pieces by the foot of the nmn, signifying that tho union now formed should last till (be pieces were united again. Jbis closed the oereuiony. . The friends gathered around the young coupf le, kissed tho bride, wished them happiness), piir then Ihey all adjourned to the marriage feast.1 : ; i- ',! ' ' ' . "Colonel Jones uud Mttjor Smith would oceasionally get , on a Bj-'reo, and ihoir 1'rolica were oiteu jifotract eh until lata at night. Uuench occasions their pleasure wa9 I'reqiicutly damped by the thought ot their wives, whotike Tom J'ihanter's t-ood dame, sat .nursing their wn th to keep it warm. One night, after having up their frolic until 11 late honr, they returned home; when Colonel Jones fouud his wife waiting for hint with a Countenance th.it foretold ft storm. I ho colonel, whosu face had never blanched, before au enemy, quailed buioro tho righteous, iudignutio;: his better half", instead of.g'jing to bed, he took - a 81 at, and resting his elbows on his knees, with his 'ace in his hands, eemed to m completely absorbed in grief, sighitf' heavily, atid nttering such exel .ination as Poor Smith!'' Poor fellowl"' ": '' II is wife kept silent asMongs possible; bnt at last overcome bv cu rioffity and anxuty," inquired 'in a sharp tone; ' ; ' ' t ' ,' "WhatV the matter with Major Smith?';: .'. -..'..'.' ' I'MiT'saya the colonel, '-his wife is in the sulks with him' now () vIrs.i Jones waa.tntdlified. by the joke, and her wrath dissolved.'"''"' wol-.rtl .f.w -' ..y:-'i The Work or riosinsr this War Is :i.''lr..;'. BeOfTe IS. ";','; That is what Gov.,Irough says in his Proclaimation, and ho say9 the truth. "The, work, of olojia.x tTiis wai1 is before us; we have it to ao, nnd of course we must furnish the means to accomplish tbat porpr.se.", , ; .. ; There are just two ; ways to end this wan fiiiht it out to thd destruction of its caue, or ignobly compromise for' the salvation of slavery, and a certain crop of future coctos s., Tho-e wh taki! eour sel from cowardice, or. from traitor lips. .will 10111 the puny that declares tor paace at any price; thise who i ra worthy do- seendents of those patriotiu sires, who founded this Government with the direct understanding and belief that slavery should be but a temporary evil, will fiht out the war until it sooures t) alf the inalienable riht of liberty, and until the dignity of .labor vindicated and our insti tutions placed beyond reach of the van dal hands of such as would sustain an aris tocracy upon the produot of the ' sweat nnd groans of unrequited toil. fReveland IIcraM.l , TUI! Xl'RMIO. OFD1IES3. Women are more like floweis than we think. ' In their dress and adornment they express their nture as the dowers do in their petals and collors. Somo women are liko the modest daises and vio lets they never look or feel better than when dressed in a morning wrapper Others are not themselves unless they cap flame out in gorgeous dyes, like the tulip or the blush-rose. Who ha) riot seen women jut like white lilies? We ktuw several double marigolds and popple-g Ihere are women fit only for velvits, like tho duhlies others are graceful and airy, like asale.is. ' Now and then, you see hollyhocks and sunflowers. When women are free to dress as tbey like, uncontrolled by" others, and not limited by their circumstances', they do not fall to express their true charioters, and drjss becomes a form of expression very ' genuine ' and . ft'oodsawir.g as a Bejuvenator. m ( Tbe,,Woonsocket (R. I.) Patriot says': There is a'wldow lady living at Doug aas'serenty-fna 'yesrs old,' who " sawed and split five cords of seasoned' ' wood in the course ef last winter and eprtng. This old Jsdy (is ill -good circutnstanoesj not compelled to labor, bnt rt said wood to beneGt her health. - Wben she first nuinoee l, her huioj were so s'i3 that she could not lift her. feoc without asis- tnriceVroni her hands; but by dog-ees, in mwing and splittir.'the woodr she en' lircfy regained the use of" her , limb and materislly iniprovcd her health, fhe examj :e ot tins taay 11 nn evit:na cf wlwt ruiJ v b' pi"rJlok"u efflO '" , ' ,. ri "rj" ores fmn being abstracted, They sleep upon thir ores. ,1 A man once observed tbat milestone weie kin enough to aniwer your questions withjut giving you tho ttauble to ask' them. '' ' ' '' ''' ''' j -Th.ise who would enjoy good things should keep good-uatured; an angry man cuu't tell whether he is euting boiled cab Lege, or strewed umbrella. ' ' - ' -, Speakiog'of high prices the other evening it was remarked that everything was going up exoupt whisky. '. The infei ence of ci urae is, that whisky goes down IIEART.7-A rare . article - sometimes found in human beings. It is soon, however, destroyed by commerce with the world, or else becomes fatal to its possessor. . . . , , What three words did Auam use when he introduced himself to Eve, and which read the same bat kward and forward? ''iladam, I'm Adam." i It a beauiiful young woman lets her heart rett upon ber lips, tho first enter- pri-iug young man chu meets may kis the sweet prize away. ' . . ".' 1 Chanob. If wo try to otain pcrpa tual change, change itself will become monotonous, and then we are reduced to that old despair. ''If watr chokes, what will you drink after?"' ..... -r , "--,.?(:';' An Irishuiin beioir. asked in court for his certificate ot marriage, showed a big scar ou his hea l about the shape of a shovql, which was satisfaoti ry. . ,,, . 'Comj, go to bed, Eddie, you sea it is sundown, und tho little chickens ail go to roust at .that time," i;; "Yes,, aunty, hut tuoold ben goes with them " Vl .t a.;-t '"Why don't you mount a clean collar, Brown? I mo intone thrpetimesaday." ' Yes," replied Brown, to the swaggering Jones; "but every -one's mother isn't ' a a washer-woman.' ' '' ' "Totri,1 ihat'e 'a ' motiomaoyt''' ' "Why': you sea, Ijiefc, when a poor woman eteal it is called kreenoy; but when it's' a' rich 'un', the jury say.i it's a monomany,' and , can't hell ! it that's it.''; ! '' ": ."Hast thou ever loved, ' Henrietta?" I sighed.. f'"I shonld rather imagine bad," she repliei. '.'P. did not my jlances my feelings betray, when yoe helped mo to pudding tic third time to 'lay?" . A phoeb'aok at Marseilles publishes a cird with f rom'sed reward for the discovery cf the thief or thieves who broke into his hou-te and stole 8,000 railroav sharoa worth $330,000. He has blacked boots to somo purpose. ASylLooism A onrrepondent sendt-ns the following logicil prool that a ca' has three tails: ''No oat hm tw.i tails; jCat has eno more tail tbsn no cat; there-ore a cat hi 8 three tails." An Indian phil isopher being askod what were according to his opinion, the two most beautiful things in the universe, answered: "The starry heavens above our beads, and the feelings of duty in our our hearts " A pf ddler called on an old lady to dispose of somo goods, and inqured of her if she oonld tell him any road 00 peddlar bad travelled. "Yes," said she "I know one. and only one, and that is the road to Ueavsn." .: Fry, the musical critio is an odd fih. He oharaoterixes the plot of Tova-tore as1 the periphery of idiocy, and the Anvil Chorus as about equal to the job of mending a sewer set to muMo, or repairing a pair of oast off leather breeches. Nature is a great belie er in com pensation. Those to whom she sends wetlth, she saddles , with lawsuit, and dyspepsia. The poor never .indulge in woodcock but they have a style of ap . petite that converts a number one mae-kerel into a salmon, and that is quiet as wU- , ' , ' ' "', - - - ,' "i-.'l "" ''." ,: ;, ) 1 - ,! l .,' , An old mai?, who has her eye a little sideways 00 matrimony si fs" the curse ol tbis war is that it will make t many widows who1 will be fierce to get flurried, aud who. will know bow to do it. ; Modest girls will stand no Change at: all.? v v-u "' Of all other'viewsa man'1 may,' In time, grow tiredj'b'ut in the countenance of a woman there is a variety whioh lets weariness at defiance.'1- 'Tho divine right of beauty says Junius, 'is the only divine right a man can acknowledge, and a pretty woman the only tyrant he is not snthori.ed to resist' .y;v T'!''' ' MASONl'd. Oar Ltast-Gifted Contri-trlbntor,'oB hesring that Colonel; Mason Is- to he Cashiered for' his'surfeuder'at ClurksviL'e, TflDe'see, inslautly observed that he Supposed that this Jhwo mis-niiinss'l his Matt it, and did r,tt jwove a ..';iiiU s, . . J.'ru t.-TPrtjudMies are like tats, and a n. m'j mind like s trap; tbey get iujcasily, nil then perhaps can't gut out at all. ' The man who won't subscribe for a paper because he can borrow one, flaa iuventcd a niacbine','by which' he' can cook his dinner by the tmlke of his neighbor's chlmnev; u 1 -? If t' were nof good for Adam' to Eva. single when thtfrews irot 'a womarf' on eurth, bow vciy eTim'inally guilty are old bachelors, with' the world full of pretty girlsl ,7.n.it. 'skeptic thinks It: very' Vxtr'aordi-nary that an ass once talked like a man. Isn't ' it still' more - Extraordinary that thousands of men aifl'oootiaually talking like aesea. , ! "-'Whit Is the' reason that ttin-'never kiss each other, while the ladies waste a world of kiises on feminine faces?' aid the Captain, to Gusiio the jother dav. GtMsie cogitated a minute, and thsa au- ', '"- ,'",.:.,'.iUi.ti swered: becaute the men have souiefJnng bf tWr fd kitp, and the women "bavdo't.' ' ,; -.' " lhe Captain 'saw it' immediately. Fua is the most conservative elef ment of society, and ought to be encouraged by all lawful means 'Teopla never plot mischief' 'when' they" a:a merry. Laughter is an' enemy to malice,' a foe to scandal and a ' friend to virtue ! It pros motes good temper, enlivens the heart, aid brightens, the iutolleot. Ljt us laugh when we can'. . ! 1. tf O'd Ishmael Day; who shot the rebel soldier while aitemptiug to ptll downJiis flag, evidently does nut believe in blank cartrigos for the robbing and rioting reb eis. The physician who dressed' 'the wounds of the Confederate' counted "more than two hundred buckshot iu hitf body. He save ''Old Day gave him a pretty good load."' ' rr"- ' ''-. ' -' ' -: (DAn exchange says that ilowk in ' New Oiloans, 'it nquirefl three p rs'oua to fetiirt "a onsitifte' firm: bii'o ' tu die wih yellow fever, oriagfc Vlf-tills a duel, and the third ' to wind up the partuei'Bhip busmees., ... 11 tThat are you doing thtre.' Jftnel' doll's piiiatore red. i ipw niv)i 1 But what hate you get'do fwithr Beer! ! who oq earth toUyou thit beer wonll dy retH'.'i I; it ' 'Why" inasaid yesterdaj''that '' was beer that m. Jo jpur oso ap ajid I thought thC ''lif t r! i..'I , ' 'Hero. Susan, tukd - thil child 10 bed.". .ww:.;; . . " , . .,, y. .The Wittsburgh (Ark.,) Mger U'K'sponsible for the ftillowinR.". , ''600 1 iiioVtiing.Btragor. ' VVhere are you moving W?" .1 : .. "To the Ar-r-kansaw." : -V-j- :h " Where did yott come Iromr -: J "From thoStaia ot Xorth '( Carolina." .- ! ' ! ;-: "Will tlioro be mncri oiriigrationr from that' State this yenil'f, ' ' iU "A mighty sight I reckcS-mighty, hard times there this year.,, A huP of poo le on the pint of starving uA 1 Wliy so what's the inatterr' y a "The, "Binimfn" crap' baJ M ' and I'm gwihd to look for "a belted . I I ' ,1 1 I. 'I ....! W ft 1 Ctiuntry. . . , . ' ; .. . We uiizzlod.. ' ,' ','' The lata Doctor Whittemorewai a matt bf good' h'utoor.'and geniality of disposi-' tion, and considerable wit. : He used tot tnd, with great iglee an incident hich' happened to him while he wa a manageC bf the'' Vermont and Maaci.nse'tts fail? road.'' He was perambulating' the 'line? and oanie across some Irish laborcrrjwbdf did not know him. He ventured tbui'aka some mggestions to one of them', 'who looked t'p just long etougb" to respond, 'Go to h 11' and than re'nmeiT this work ""'Oh; Vay friend,'t said Whitteroore", wTtf bit tla'ndeBt smile, and enjoying the in? diden't, "'that's the last place 'I 'shoulif wisbtogoto." !!;! l :!'- nrL ; J rj ' 'Abdfaitheaid laV tba't's ' the lak- place you will g3 iol' fJ''"1 1'--' " U ...i.t".:'7,;-!r;';;,Ji "sl -in AtiECIWtEOt LOBCNtl JJ 4 The best anecdote of Loreuxo Do tbat we bate seen is tbe following: . 'i ';i . ..iy .i , Being one evening st a horn kept Yj man mmed Bush, in Delhi,. New(Yovkj; tbe residence , of the late General 00 be was importuned by ,tbe latter tcBtlc-n man, in presence of the landlord, to dcs- eribe heaven.-. ' 4 1 fe ' '"' "''-':( "You 'fay 'a good' tfeul' about ievc.u pray telj us bow it lookaJ.',.; ; t-- -.., . ,1. li Loronxo turned Lis. grave- face srd' long, waving beard1 tciwurd Cerlenil and Mr.'lbwh, and rejdxd ':Vi'! ."-! turahle gravity-t , ( - , ; ."Heaven, my fr$via a v1"' r- ' of smooth, 'rio'i ten-lt-ry. " iS;i-" ' 1 tUH to tS in rj cc;- 1.;. -..? .'' : ' t ' i

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No adrertlaing Uohe for Advortifiog Agenta except fnrcaab and prompt . W- , . . (Original actry. For the Kepubliean, DARKILS'j. ' ' " BI t'LOV. . ,, . . fhe night was durk, in vuia tie oye Alight look for aught but gloom; While a dreary looking couple otund Iu a large and darkened room. lie who wim ready to tie the holy knot, . 'Ji Stood solt-muly before them;. .' :. A , W hile tht'y like youthful criminals, i-rM ; " ,1 Bowed doirn their houda before him. ' Darkness was upon their faces, " And oili ull assepiMed there. i i' , To witness the solemn linking; ,,,, Of that dark auri sombre pair. ' -i .v.'. i , There came do fitful changes, . .vr,! Of lilly then -.of rose; , i ... As that bride pronounced the 0Ws, . "' ' That bound her through life's woe. ' -t Ahl joyful should ever be, . 'I his biiidiusc hearts tiigothcr 'With bends that lust as long as life; , """ U'hicb death alone cau sever. . . . ' "1 M ' ' '' IJiit darkuess posessfd the bride, I'ho prt'acht'r and the groom, !. IWuili'r, the mystery l'il explain, 'J lit.' all were darkies in the room, i ia'l i . For the Hepubiicau. 1 ' - .'"J ACltOSItt'. - " j .Ponld, modern mini, if pijsiug wine, OVrlook the fact that inets his even, ' ,'. X.'ying ell', his paitiul mind in store, . . : itlitiiiod' acknowledging that mora OofMot and worthy martfnl host, ' : v: Could uot be found at uny post, ' Or ever Lavs leit for teuted held, Or to their country's call did yield, 1 ,J Perforin their pnrt mure circuuixpect, ' . Kveu in nny, or in all respceisT . 'Rfacie.-, who is it thus we regard? , v.Oii'ib's iuvicciblH Natiouul Guard, Numbered by thousands, who to the call 'J'1 did runli, y : .-, Gave liy tl.cir Cominiinder, Gov. Br ngh. Fi I 'Prwn, Fa.'-' ' ' .' B. L. n$' TZEW e0VERX.HE.M 4 LOAN, Soervlarr' .Fc-uendint'-v itppeal to 5 , . , People. . (lie ', Accompanying Secretary F essenden'a announcement ol :the new loan, whioh ,we hitve already' published, in an Appeal to the people of the United Ctates. It savs: Y.Th-;' circumstances under whicli this loan is asked for, nnd your aid invoked, ' though differing widely fro i the xiBtin state of affairs 3 years ago, are euch a afford equal encouragement iqd seourity. Time, while proviBg that the struggle For national unity was to exceod in du-ration and severity our worst aotimpa , tioop, hax tested the national utreogth and national resources to an extent alike nnexpeoted and remarkable,' exciting equal astonishment at home and abroad. Three years of war hare burdened you ' with a debt which but three years Bine I would have seemed beyond your ability ,' fo ' meet. ' Yet the accumulated, wealth J'tnd productiva energies of thg nation hab proved to be so, vast that It has ' been borne with comparative ease, and ' s feaceful future would hardly feel its weight, as a price paid! for national existence and the preservation of free insti-.' tutioni. It does not deserve a moment's j consideration.' ' . ', ,' Thu4 far the war has' be'on' snpporteo! nd carried on as If only ' could have en by a pebpla resolved, at- whatever a 1 ' oi oiooa vand -twanre.-' to transmit M0ipwred to, posterity Una gyt&Wr.fiffout hei aT patriurtp people,. the urn " ftee GovernDieur'Urin'aW'.'j islJ. of'U.e Government is powtrlexs .for thil t9 great men who framed it.. .This - t -e, ... eBberate. and patriqtio resolve , has' de- vlod a power surprising even to the Ji vjl . It has shown that in l&fs thatg a-ntilry''a'nation has arising unsurpassed; . la vfgor.ani exatiatles in sesoufaee, bJ' to oonduct, throuah a series of years, war 'od iU roost Kigantto scale, and finding lt u.e)f,when near its close, almost unimpair-J rl in all the lnatenal elements of po,.' "It hnV at the present moment, great armies Ihni finldi'fac'iitg' ari'eneruy apparently1 Approaching a period of utter exhaustion -a., 1 1 -. i ' ntt.- AliX-'J Jklbltr-,0'',. cut Mill struggling With a force the, great iL .i t'l add fatal ciiuHuiiimutioii.-, Sued, irt ni doliberate judgment, is the prasent eon dition of the 'rcat content for civil li! tily in which you ure now ena.geA. ' Up to the present mouiout you have readily and cheerfully afforded the means necesi sary to support your Government in this struggle.' It is your war. You proclaimi ed it and you have sustained it against traitors everywhere, with patriotio devotion unsurpassed in tho, world's history. The securities offered are such as should command your ready comfldence. 'Much effort has been made to shale public faith iu our nationa1 credit, both at home and abroad. iAs yet we have roived no foreign tid. " : J ' ' Calm ind self-reliapt, purwwn means thus far have proved .adequate, to. oar wants. ' They are yet ample to meet those of the present and future. It ftill1 remains for a patriotic people to' furnish the needful , bujiply, The brave men who are fighting our battles by land ami by sea, must be fed and clothed. Munitions of war of all kinds must be furnished, or the war must end in defeat and disgrace. This is pot tho time for any lover of his country to enquire as to be state of the money market, or nsk whether he can so invest his surplus capital as to yield him a larger return Nq return and no profit can be desirable if followed by national disgrace. ., l'rescn profit thus aoquircd is but the precursor of future and speedy destrue tkn. ' No investment can be so surely profitable as that whicu tends to innure the national cxistenco. I am encouraged in the belief that by the recent legislation of Congress, our finances may' soon be llaoed upnn a sounder ana more ntable footing. ' The present deranged condition of the currency Js imputable in a great depree to the disturbances arising from the withdrawal of necessary checks often inevitable in time of war, when the ex penditures must largely exceed any pot: si bit: supply ot coin. , y-i i The opportunities thus presented to acquire sudden wealth have led to viciou? speculation, a ooisequent increase ol prices','7 and' violent'' flnetuatiiin.' ' The rsinedy is to be ftiund only iu controlilsg the necessity which1 begets the evil HitberW, we have felt the need of more extensive and vigorous taxation:1-' t-'evere C' in merit has be.m made npoir what seem e l to many timidity and ' tardiness of acton on the part of Congsess in this re- g-ird. I deem it; but just to say that very great misapprehension has exhistcd, and perhaps still exists on this point.' 1 Legislator?, like all others, have much to learn iu a new condition of affairs. An entirely new system wastoba deviled aud that system must necessarily ' be tin-growth of time' and' ' experience. ' It is not strange that th first effort should have proven iuiport'ect aud inadequate To lay heavy burdens on a great and put riotie people iu buuh a maimer as to be equal aud so as to occasion ' tho least amount of suffering or annoy ince require time and cautiou, uud vast labor; aud Willi all these experience is needful to test tin-value of the pystrtn arid correct its errors. , Such has, been the work that Congas was called upon to perform. I aniliapp) to say that daily results are proving the Internal Revenue act to exceed in efficiency the most s&nguiub expectations uf its authors. For the month of June, 1803, it yielded about S4,50O.OOO, while the corresponding month of this year re turned about 816. 000,000 under the sunif law, whioh went into operation on -the hrst day of the prcseut month, thoTreas ury frequoutly receives $1.0l)u,000 iu a sinlo dy. , ' As time and expericnoe enable the officers employed in collecting the rove oue. to enforce the strength of the pn; visions ot ihe new Jaw.-. I trust that a milliou per day will be found the ru'- and not the exoeption. ! Still,much sp e is undoubtly left foi improvement in ih. law and in iUadministra'.jon, As a great amount of necessary jnforniation is aor quired, the proper' sources of revenue and the most effective niodo ' 'of ' obtaining it are best developed id 'the execution of the existing lan),; and i have caused meahuros to be initiated whiob will, it is believed, enable Congress so to improve and enlarge the system as, when taken in connecticn with the revonue from cus toms and other sources, to afford an ample anu seoure basis for the national credr ' 6nly pn such a oasis and on a steady and vignrons restraint upon the currency, can a remedy be found for existing evils Such restraint can only be exercised when the vovtrotn-jut is! furnish with mean.- to provjde for. f ts eeesfiitiea, , JJut wilb- or any other, desiraMend.,, Tbi deuom-inatfoq' o't the notes, proposed to ba issued ranging irom 9Jttaoo,Ul'U, place thes e irom SJtto 8o,Ul'U,. place these Wwjthirjjlfcach bt all who are !d,fy4th9i?ountry. ' ' " ; "', 1 their redemplio tho'. -faith, ' and tfv'yunueiu dlpprtsed ,f 'For their honor: and property of that coiintrv ' are solemnly pledged."" successful issue to this contest.'now believeil t) be near at hand, will largely enhance their value to tbrVioldcri!, land pe:(ce once ' restored.' nil Lbur.len oah he l'!;ht,1y boiriie.'' ' ile who nVJ3-hlyV.w;thbolds fiis iiid in the hope of turn'figbls kfailaltle; hieijiis to .'greater ImMiediatrf pnifit, is speculating hpoii his eouuifj uusioriuiiBs, auu uny qua what serms'to be present kaiu leads to future 1o"fi'I PPlj ther.fore,'wilh ennfidence' MiHrarind'cPe..nd.inv, erUl,a wiiu U;.hir.,.c0u,!Uy -, . !. ; .t.v to a.'.vs' jn.a and Qi'eire for its glorious, fuiur-j, '...to ail the Ooverniucut iu sustaining t its credii aiid hlauing that credit upon a stable foundation. ' ' ' " "' ' ' '"" -M U :.'. Vfl P. FrtfiaENDTiN, '- j r. : Secretary of the Treasury. Army Correspondence, i 05(11 Ohio. Camp 65th, 0. V. I., rkven miles ) 1 f raoM Atlanta, July 19,- 1864. J Mr. Jacob Ssinu-l-Dea'r Sir: It is with feelings of cympathy and sorrow for those who most -likely these few lines will convey the sd -record1 of the last hours of a nnble son, an' affectionate broth; er, a" true friend, and a brave soldier.- Aud yet it is a pleasure to me to have tho privalege of Writing- that -while he gave his life a. sacrifice to a' noble cause Hnd fell, (though a young soldier,) setting a i examp'e worthy of the veteran's imita tioii, he uIku fell .'luvingon the christian's armor: thus being prepared for the better land. The G5th were deployed on the skirmish line for the purpose of carryin a strong position, takeu by the enemy. After tho rel els were routed from their position, the regiment advanced about half amile, when jt was discovered' that the enemy had taken u; a still stronger position . Iu order to dislodge thein a part otthe line were compelled to charge along a road and over a cleared Geld, (yiur sou's position was along the road; a distance of four or five bundrod yards When within two hundred yards cf the enemy, your son fell, shot through the right breast, the ball passing through the lower part of the right lung. I was with him a few moments after ;he fell, and suppoied , htin then- dyin..;; Il3,, was rational, and perfectly rosined to his fate A number of; his comrades, gatherod around him, to whom he said' boys.J bad hoped to live to see the stars and stripes wave triumphant, but God ordained it, otherwise and I boi ready to go..'., T knelt b hie bed side .and praved witb' him, and many were, his ha.ty 'amens.' He wished ma to say to you and his mother and s'wler, thut he would have liked lo have bien with you to die; "but say to tbeni! T hnve . done my duty,,and can go to TTenven just as well from the; swamps of Georgia, as any where. , After his wounds were dressed, he seemed ,to revive and was in less pain, but continued to bleed very badly from his wonndjs. j lie. talked to me much about his brother, said ho hoped soon to meef him in Glory. Hewaswounned about 11, A. M. Iwas with him , 'till 7,P. M., when all the wouiuled were ordered back to Mnri'tfa. He was very I9W when he loft, and the doctor in chargo, told mo ho could live but a few hour's, at most. I would gladly have gone back with him while be livnd, could I have done so. When bid him good by nnd asked him bow he felt, he could not ;fpcak above a whisper, I put my car te his lips and heard these word, 'i feel strong in Jesus.". ,,,, , 1 We all feel the loss. of one noble, brave, and good. His memory will, long live in our hearts, and his influence will tell for good in our lives, though he may sleep in the grave. Hoping my ear sir, that yourself and afflicted family may have much ,of the spirit of Christ to sustain ou in this, your hour of trial and bereavement, and that you may feel that 'lie hath done all things well," is the sincere prayer of jours most truly, ' 1 TnoMAH Powell. ' ,1' " t 'bapiain 65tb 0. V. I. , ' P. S. I have, in my possession, the hall that passed through your1 son and lodged in his knapsack. I will keep.it 'till directed by you what disposition to make of it. k " ' Newspaper Patronage. L' 9.1 : This called newspaper patronage is a curious tiling.11 It Is composed, .'of" as many colors as the rainbow, and changes able as a chameleon: Ooe' man'suhscrifies Ibr a newspaper and pays for it in advance:, ha goes home and rads it with the proud eatisfaotion tbat it is his own. " 1 l"ii'v i il ' ' ' He bands in aa-'idrVrtiseuenti' asks the prioei pays' for it.'j This is uewsnaper yatronugo. 1', von', t .i. -HFi'li ::i ' it Another , man ; say9,.iijilease pub my nnme on' your 'list of subscribers; and he jgoes iff without 5 hSuuh as riavrng said pay(6ri!jdl Tim' 'passes,' your ,pstienct isethaustod and yon dud him. He flies into a passlooj perhaps pssj perhaps not. Another iiiah has been stlbsoriber a long; timo.yIIe becoaies tired ot you wis; wants, q.citj papen , Tells : .the post master -.to dirooutioUe. and olio 'Of bis pnpiirs is 'rolnme l niarkeii refused.' Paying up'f 'ri. is one of the last; things tli.Ughti f beid-!-.,hi WHntV, piopey send to a city pnblisber.r , .,. ,it-. ! Altiir u time yrm look over filshBeonntj hri ev'e a bill 'balance dex " But' doJ Sf ' 'pay.iV'jt'fPj $i't'n '.We'jle.ivq jiiinV Ol " Wup-u i . ; atuwer, age. This 'too, ianewpaper pifto rj .TO.IJ..1 i-S ''An'othei1 m';in lives" njar -.jou nevef tookjoiiif paper it , is t( 0 small, dun'j liko tbeT; yditor .or Bomelb'ng : else yei goes regularly to his neighbor's reads his fiuJs fault with its contents, disputes' position, and with its types. Occasiouly sees un urticle.be likes, gives half a dime ttad bega a. number.; This too, is newspaper patronage. i" , ) - ....'. Ann her supports a fine liorsej' cr'per hapj a pair of (hem is always seen, with whip in hand and spur on, foot no use for bun ti get married doe? so a no tice of fact with a 'please send me a half dozeu copies. Tin's done ,does not, pay for noticf, or paper.- No,, 'But sure'you dou'i churge fowaui-h thiu;s!'( uThis, too, is newspaper pttfruege,:)a)ii,. ,.' ;' Auotbur man (blqsa you, , it does . us good to sea such wen;) jComos and says 'the year for which I uuid is about to ex-piro,l: want, to pay for auot'aer.' Ha does so aud retires. a-:, , - ', Header! Un't newspaper patonage a curious thing. And iu that great dayi when houest men get their reward due to ttieir, honesty, which, say you, of tliuse eouiueratetl ubuve, Will obtain tliat reward?. .-m ' Music at Home. : No family can afford to do without iiHisie. It is a luxury uul an eouomy an alleviator ot' sorrow, and a spring of ejij lyment; a protection against vice and an iiij'itenient to virtue. , When rightly ued, its efforts physical, intellectual and moral, are good... . 1 ,.j Make home attractive;, tntwi? affords a means of doing; this.j Cultivate kindly f'to.ing, love ' Music, will , help . in this work Keep nut angry feeling., 'Music hath eharma to sooth. tho sav ige breast.: Ti! econonncal.. ( lcasum, reaotion, all, must hav jj 'indj no pleasure costs less in propjiniiiti ti?ii wortlj th in. home music.. Make your sons nnd daUi;h'r3 thorohgli-lv understand music, for what is moro v-'ilii iblo? tfit your daughters to sunnort tlieuiuelvc In future, if need be. Thero has been ni time, in many ; years when a'n'y j'Wn'gl lady.' havihg sufficient Itnowl-c6Tjo td'teacli'nitrsic could not pleasantly cafn a respectable" su'pport 'fn" tnai way ''"But' some may say, 'I have no flif for mUsic", nor have any'' of" my ''family.' Probably not bhe'of yoti has1 evertricd it faithfully 'Pe'rh'apT yoii 1 isonsr had no natural '''car1' for" reading," or" your daughters natural hand's for writio1;; and certainly unless they1 had' learned- these things they would neverhavp been ac complished in.thcraj.jMjjMO doosin.leal 1 come more naturally fo most people than many.; other; accomplishments, that "are next to universal; yet it does not eome to all without much time spent in careful cultivation; ; ' 1 The one best means 'of infroduoing milsio to the 'family, and tridiicintr its cufia,Mirj U't to, pvpnure a good .ninsicn.) instrument, ..IOo110 of yonr dnJihtH or tons Can play at all, yet if they have at bsnd,"eome of tbem will learn. ' In almost every familv this will. b the case, liuy an lUHtruiuent and try the experiment; if it suocoeds only to a very small fxtent, the costs- willjbe repaid many fold. ' 1 '"! , v" " ' ' ' !i A Hebrew Wedding. , . The Rev. Mr. PniMBof the New York Observer gives the following description of a Hebrew wedding which he recently attended: ' "J, ' ';' ' : ; ' ' 1 If you have never visited a Jewish synpgague, yon would do well of a Saturj: Day to attend the worship.' "Tho gallery is set apart exclusively for the women, whd takd no part in the service. ' Under the gallery are pews facing' the centre of the house where is an'open are with a reading dtdk in the middle, and at the eastern end ti curtain hangs In front 'of a recess, the holy place, where the law n deposited. :n '.!..! .r.1- V o''"" " i! i ;. At, the o pointoJ honr tbe parties tri-vod. iThe britle and her attendant, took their seats at the east end of the court, and the man 'and his friends in' another place. ) The, Rabbi, Mr. 'Isaao, entered the desk and rubed himself there, h i end all. the men keeping their bats on during thei, entire 1 service m The Rabbi Jh commenced a cbsnth in' the' Hebrew tonguei'abd en. iw cooolos onlhe' rjn, .with, a j'rieud as witness, ttepped IntJtbe desk and signed the niarHage contiaoV j -, , A silk canopy was spread and support-edby four, posts!, a'yorjttg man and maiden at each post, and the-' bridal: party came And stood opposite each ' other unr der the canopy. The priest made to them an interesting and appropriate ad-retx. specially eonimortdipg totheyoinp liijin.ba bride; he had won , He ; had Ion known bor father, and the gre.it in? ijiisry and success with whioh be, bad pmgueil bis art, to support his family imij pMjjeiu. forsefulnesfi. IIe.,exhor-i Jjii' tJ ,be,kiqd,ndaitbfuj to ber as JongM be Eifdr ( TLqo ieoo p artjof the ! -, , t .5 j ti. it v;i u .r..k.' tv:iy duty oft mm iatcr (he taidmuro iuUr osuuk Baa ut'iigatiuJ iiitau tbm ot unit:- t II tf' m tl Vlrtfl l 1 a-ai m It ( litnn m ' t a Inn af- aa a.aau WUUU VI 141 aVIMIHfUl !)( lUIV a , y, . . (, . , . , . ,a. , .Vi'?'&.opie of the California :minera have o , ., , , ., . rVpneuf beds, in .thoir mines, to keen their of the Supreme, aud i t is al-o the 'mean of perpetuating our holy ieligionr SaWt tho exortation, he offered a prayer in the Hebrew,' and a .large silver Ijoblet of wine was held to the lips of the man and bo tastod it. and then to the lips of. the bride who did' tb same. : Another prayer and a glass of wine was tested by both, and the glass was laid upon the floor and crushed to pieces by the foot of the nmn, signifying that tho union now formed should last till (be pieces were united again. Jbis closed the oereuiony. . The friends gathered around the young coupf le, kissed tho bride, wished them happiness), piir then Ihey all adjourned to the marriage feast.1 : ; i- ',! ' ' ' . "Colonel Jones uud Mttjor Smith would oceasionally get , on a Bj-'reo, and ihoir 1'rolica were oiteu jifotract eh until lata at night. Uuench occasions their pleasure wa9 I'reqiicutly damped by the thought ot their wives, whotike Tom J'ihanter's t-ood dame, sat .nursing their wn th to keep it warm. One night, after having up their frolic until 11 late honr, they returned home; when Colonel Jones fouud his wife waiting for hint with a Countenance th.it foretold ft storm. I ho colonel, whosu face had never blanched, before au enemy, quailed buioro tho righteous, iudignutio;: his better half", instead of.g'jing to bed, he took - a 81 at, and resting his elbows on his knees, with his 'ace in his hands, eemed to m completely absorbed in grief, sighitf' heavily, atid nttering such exel .ination as Poor Smith!'' Poor fellowl"' ": '' II is wife kept silent asMongs possible; bnt at last overcome bv cu rioffity and anxuty," inquired 'in a sharp tone; ' ; ' ' t ' ,' "WhatV the matter with Major Smith?';: .'. -..'..'.' ' I'MiT'saya the colonel, '-his wife is in the sulks with him' now () vIrs.i Jones waa.tntdlified. by the joke, and her wrath dissolved.'"''"' wol-.rtl .f.w -' ..y:-'i The Work or riosinsr this War Is :i.''lr..;'. BeOfTe IS. ";','; That is what Gov.,Irough says in his Proclaimation, and ho say9 the truth. "The, work, of olojia.x tTiis wai1 is before us; we have it to ao, nnd of course we must furnish the means to accomplish tbat porpr.se.", , ; .. ; There are just two ; ways to end this wan fiiiht it out to thd destruction of its caue, or ignobly compromise for' the salvation of slavery, and a certain crop of future coctos s., Tho-e wh taki! eour sel from cowardice, or. from traitor lips. .will 10111 the puny that declares tor paace at any price; thise who i ra worthy do- seendents of those patriotiu sires, who founded this Government with the direct understanding and belief that slavery should be but a temporary evil, will fiht out the war until it sooures t) alf the inalienable riht of liberty, and until the dignity of .labor vindicated and our insti tutions placed beyond reach of the van dal hands of such as would sustain an aris tocracy upon the produot of the ' sweat nnd groans of unrequited toil. fReveland IIcraM.l , TUI! Xl'RMIO. OFD1IES3. Women are more like floweis than we think. ' In their dress and adornment they express their nture as the dowers do in their petals and collors. Somo women are liko the modest daises and vio lets they never look or feel better than when dressed in a morning wrapper Others are not themselves unless they cap flame out in gorgeous dyes, like the tulip or the blush-rose. Who ha) riot seen women jut like white lilies? We ktuw several double marigolds and popple-g Ihere are women fit only for velvits, like tho duhlies others are graceful and airy, like asale.is. ' Now and then, you see hollyhocks and sunflowers. When women are free to dress as tbey like, uncontrolled by" others, and not limited by their circumstances', they do not fall to express their true charioters, and drjss becomes a form of expression very ' genuine ' and . ft'oodsawir.g as a Bejuvenator. m ( Tbe,,Woonsocket (R. I.) Patriot says': There is a'wldow lady living at Doug aas'serenty-fna 'yesrs old,' who " sawed and split five cords of seasoned' ' wood in the course ef last winter and eprtng. This old Jsdy (is ill -good circutnstanoesj not compelled to labor, bnt rt said wood to beneGt her health. - Wben she first nuinoee l, her huioj were so s'i3 that she could not lift her. feoc without asis- tnriceVroni her hands; but by dog-ees, in mwing and splittir.'the woodr she en' lircfy regained the use of" her , limb and materislly iniprovcd her health, fhe examj :e ot tins taay 11 nn evit:na cf wlwt ruiJ v b' pi"rJlok"u efflO '" , ' ,. ri "rj" ores fmn being abstracted, They sleep upon thir ores. ,1 A man once observed tbat milestone weie kin enough to aniwer your questions withjut giving you tho ttauble to ask' them. '' ' ' '' ''' ''' j -Th.ise who would enjoy good things should keep good-uatured; an angry man cuu't tell whether he is euting boiled cab Lege, or strewed umbrella. ' ' - ' -, Speakiog'of high prices the other evening it was remarked that everything was going up exoupt whisky. '. The infei ence of ci urae is, that whisky goes down IIEART.7-A rare . article - sometimes found in human beings. It is soon, however, destroyed by commerce with the world, or else becomes fatal to its possessor. . . . , , What three words did Auam use when he introduced himself to Eve, and which read the same bat kward and forward? ''iladam, I'm Adam." i It a beauiiful young woman lets her heart rett upon ber lips, tho first enter- pri-iug young man chu meets may kis the sweet prize away. ' . . ".' 1 Chanob. If wo try to otain pcrpa tual change, change itself will become monotonous, and then we are reduced to that old despair. ''If watr chokes, what will you drink after?"' ..... -r , "--,.?(:';' An Irishuiin beioir. asked in court for his certificate ot marriage, showed a big scar ou his hea l about the shape of a shovql, which was satisfaoti ry. . ,,, . 'Comj, go to bed, Eddie, you sea it is sundown, und tho little chickens ail go to roust at .that time," i;; "Yes,, aunty, hut tuoold ben goes with them " Vl .t a.;-t '"Why don't you mount a clean collar, Brown? I mo intone thrpetimesaday." ' Yes," replied Brown, to the swaggering Jones; "but every -one's mother isn't ' a a washer-woman.' ' '' ' "Totri,1 ihat'e 'a ' motiomaoyt''' ' "Why': you sea, Ijiefc, when a poor woman eteal it is called kreenoy; but when it's' a' rich 'un', the jury say.i it's a monomany,' and , can't hell ! it that's it.''; ! '' ": ."Hast thou ever loved, ' Henrietta?" I sighed.. f'"I shonld rather imagine bad," she repliei. '.'P. did not my jlances my feelings betray, when yoe helped mo to pudding tic third time to 'lay?" . A phoeb'aok at Marseilles publishes a cird with f rom'sed reward for the discovery cf the thief or thieves who broke into his hou-te and stole 8,000 railroav sharoa worth $330,000. He has blacked boots to somo purpose. ASylLooism A onrrepondent sendt-ns the following logicil prool that a ca' has three tails: ''No oat hm tw.i tails; jCat has eno more tail tbsn no cat; there-ore a cat hi 8 three tails." An Indian phil isopher being askod what were according to his opinion, the two most beautiful things in the universe, answered: "The starry heavens above our beads, and the feelings of duty in our our hearts " A pf ddler called on an old lady to dispose of somo goods, and inqured of her if she oonld tell him any road 00 peddlar bad travelled. "Yes," said she "I know one. and only one, and that is the road to Ueavsn." .: Fry, the musical critio is an odd fih. He oharaoterixes the plot of Tova-tore as1 the periphery of idiocy, and the Anvil Chorus as about equal to the job of mending a sewer set to muMo, or repairing a pair of oast off leather breeches. Nature is a great belie er in com pensation. Those to whom she sends wetlth, she saddles , with lawsuit, and dyspepsia. The poor never .indulge in woodcock but they have a style of ap . petite that converts a number one mae-kerel into a salmon, and that is quiet as wU- , ' , ' ' "', - - - ,' "i-.'l "" ''." ,: ;, ) 1 - ,! l .,' , An old mai?, who has her eye a little sideways 00 matrimony si fs" the curse ol tbis war is that it will make t many widows who1 will be fierce to get flurried, aud who. will know bow to do it. ; Modest girls will stand no Change at: all.? v v-u "' Of all other'viewsa man'1 may,' In time, grow tiredj'b'ut in the countenance of a woman there is a variety whioh lets weariness at defiance.'1- 'Tho divine right of beauty says Junius, 'is the only divine right a man can acknowledge, and a pretty woman the only tyrant he is not snthori.ed to resist' .y;v T'!''' ' MASONl'd. Oar Ltast-Gifted Contri-trlbntor,'oB hesring that Colonel; Mason Is- to he Cashiered for' his'surfeuder'at ClurksviL'e, TflDe'see, inslautly observed that he Supposed that this Jhwo mis-niiinss'l his Matt it, and did r,tt jwove a ..';iiiU s, . . J.'ru t.-TPrtjudMies are like tats, and a n. m'j mind like s trap; tbey get iujcasily, nil then perhaps can't gut out at all. ' The man who won't subscribe for a paper because he can borrow one, flaa iuventcd a niacbine','by which' he' can cook his dinner by the tmlke of his neighbor's chlmnev; u 1 -? If t' were nof good for Adam' to Eva. single when thtfrews irot 'a womarf' on eurth, bow vciy eTim'inally guilty are old bachelors, with' the world full of pretty girlsl ,7.n.it. 'skeptic thinks It: very' Vxtr'aordi-nary that an ass once talked like a man. Isn't ' it still' more - Extraordinary that thousands of men aifl'oootiaually talking like aesea. , ! "-'Whit Is the' reason that ttin-'never kiss each other, while the ladies waste a world of kiises on feminine faces?' aid the Captain, to Gusiio the jother dav. GtMsie cogitated a minute, and thsa au- ', '"- ,'",.:.,'.iUi.ti swered: becaute the men have souiefJnng bf tWr fd kitp, and the women "bavdo't.' ' ,; -.' " lhe Captain 'saw it' immediately. Fua is the most conservative elef ment of society, and ought to be encouraged by all lawful means 'Teopla never plot mischief' 'when' they" a:a merry. Laughter is an' enemy to malice,' a foe to scandal and a ' friend to virtue ! It pros motes good temper, enlivens the heart, aid brightens, the iutolleot. Ljt us laugh when we can'. . ! 1. tf O'd Ishmael Day; who shot the rebel soldier while aitemptiug to ptll downJiis flag, evidently does nut believe in blank cartrigos for the robbing and rioting reb eis. The physician who dressed' 'the wounds of the Confederate' counted "more than two hundred buckshot iu hitf body. He save ''Old Day gave him a pretty good load."' ' rr"- ' ''-. ' -' ' -: (DAn exchange says that ilowk in ' New Oiloans, 'it nquirefl three p rs'oua to fetiirt "a onsitifte' firm: bii'o ' tu die wih yellow fever, oriagfc Vlf-tills a duel, and the third ' to wind up the partuei'Bhip busmees., ... 11 tThat are you doing thtre.' Jftnel' doll's piiiatore red. i ipw niv)i 1 But what hate you get'do fwithr Beer! ! who oq earth toUyou thit beer wonll dy retH'.'i I; it ' 'Why" inasaid yesterdaj''that '' was beer that m. Jo jpur oso ap ajid I thought thC ''lif t r! i..'I , ' 'Hero. Susan, tukd - thil child 10 bed.". .ww:.;; . . " , . .,, y. .The Wittsburgh (Ark.,) Mger U'K'sponsible for the ftillowinR.". , ''600 1 iiioVtiing.Btragor. ' VVhere are you moving W?" .1 : .. "To the Ar-r-kansaw." : -V-j- :h " Where did yott come Iromr -: J "From thoStaia ot Xorth '( Carolina." .- ! ' ! ;-: "Will tlioro be mncri oiriigrationr from that' State this yenil'f, ' ' iU "A mighty sight I reckcS-mighty, hard times there this year.,, A huP of poo le on the pint of starving uA 1 Wliy so what's the inatterr' y a "The, "Binimfn" crap' baJ M ' and I'm gwihd to look for "a belted . I I ' ,1 1 I. 'I ....! W ft 1 Ctiuntry. . . , . ' ; .. . We uiizzlod.. ' ,' ','' The lata Doctor Whittemorewai a matt bf good' h'utoor.'and geniality of disposi-' tion, and considerable wit. : He used tot tnd, with great iglee an incident hich' happened to him while he wa a manageC bf the'' Vermont and Maaci.nse'tts fail? road.'' He was perambulating' the 'line? and oanie across some Irish laborcrrjwbdf did not know him. He ventured tbui'aka some mggestions to one of them', 'who looked t'p just long etougb" to respond, 'Go to h 11' and than re'nmeiT this work ""'Oh; Vay friend,'t said Whitteroore", wTtf bit tla'ndeBt smile, and enjoying the in? diden't, "'that's the last place 'I 'shoulif wisbtogoto." !!;! l :!'- nrL ; J rj ' 'Abdfaitheaid laV tba't's ' the lak- place you will g3 iol' fJ''"1 1'--' " U ...i.t".:'7,;-!r;';;,Ji "sl -in AtiECIWtEOt LOBCNtl JJ 4 The best anecdote of Loreuxo Do tbat we bate seen is tbe following: . 'i ';i . ..iy .i , Being one evening st a horn kept Yj man mmed Bush, in Delhi,. New(Yovkj; tbe residence , of the late General 00 be was importuned by ,tbe latter tcBtlc-n man, in presence of the landlord, to dcs- eribe heaven.-. ' 4 1 fe ' '"' "''-':( "You 'fay 'a good' tfeul' about ievc.u pray telj us bow it lookaJ.',.; ; t-- -.., . ,1. li Loronxo turned Lis. grave- face srd' long, waving beard1 tciwurd Cerlenil and Mr.'lbwh, and rejdxd ':Vi'! ."-! turahle gravity-t , ( - , ; ."Heaven, my fr$via a v1"' r- ' of smooth, 'rio'i ten-lt-ry. " iS;i-" ' 1 tUH to tS in rj cc;- 1.;. -..? .'' : ' t ' i